Circumferentially traveling type, pedestal mounted, tire mounting device



Oct 2, 1951 R. A. WEAVER CIRCUMF'ERENTIALLY TRAVELING TYPE, PEDESTAL MOUNTED, TIRE MOUNTING DEVICE Filed Dec. e, 194e Patented ct. 2, '1?951 CIRCUMFERENTIALLY TY'I-:LING TYPE, PEDEs'rAL MOUNTED, 'ritual` MoUN'rING,

DEvIoE Raymond A. Weaver, Losv Angeles, Calif.. Application December 9, 1946, Serial No.. 'i1/*1,1932

carrying wheel, when said Wheel is to be turned A sufiic'ientl'y to `forcethe partly applied tire down into fully applied position in relation to the rim of" the wheel; to simplify and consolidate the structure so that it will occupy less floor space; to provide a superior means for clamping the vehicle wheel to its aforesaid turnable support; and to provide a superior means for mounting inea stationary manner the carrier of the two cor-operating rollerslwhich act upon the tire to 4force` it into its fully applied position.

OtherV objects, advantages andfeatures of inventionwill hereinafter appear.

Referring to the accompanyingdrawing which illustrates a preferred embodiment of the inven- 'Fig V1` is a vertical mid-section of the complete machine except'that parts'` thereof are shown 11i-relevante- Y Fig.',2is afplan View of afragkment of the structure shown in Fig. 1`.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on angular line 3-3 of Fig. l, with a part broken away more clearly to disclose underlying structure.

Fig. 4 is a fragmental sectional detail taken on line 4-4 of Fig, 2.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the device is mounted upon a table-like support 5 having a top plate 6 across the mid-Width portion of which is a depressed part 1. Above the central portion of said trough or depressed part 'l is mounted a nonfrotatable post 8, said post having a diametrically reduced lower end portion 9 which extends through an aperture provided for it in said depressed part l, a clamping nut Ill being applied to the lower end of said part 9, said nut, in cooperation with bosses or Washers H securely holding said post in an upstanding position.

At about its mid-length said post 8 has around it. preferably as an integral part thereof a rib 2 Claims. (Cl. 157-124) or lcollar l2. Between the uppermost of the aforesaid washers Il and said rib there is interlposed aspacing sleeve I`3 together with the inner ringsl of roller bearing structures HlA andjvl5, therefore, when thenut Il! is tightened saidbearing` structures are both securely clamped. in place.

A'wheel supporting and clamping structure 'is provided which includes a horizontally `eirtending mounting plate lli` `having a` central, tubular downward extension Il. This tubular extensionis internally recessed aroundiboth'lits upper and its lower end in such a manner as to fit tightly around and between the outer bearing ringsof the two already mentioned bearing ,structures4 Ulfand I5 so that saidtubular"part andtheouter bearing rings turn together. Said wheel` mounting plate i6' is provided'with circumferentially equidistant radial extensionsY I8, a set of `three of these being shown. Eachof these extensions carries a pair of underlying bearing loops. I9, each pair of loopscarrying a radially 4adjustable wheel rim clamping arm 20 which has a hooked outer `end 2| to engage` the wheel rirn22.` Each oi `said arms 20 c-arriesatitsinner end a downwardly directed pin 23 which.. in turn, has'jrotatably mounted upon it an antifriction roller 2l with a working iit withinthe .subjacent cam slot 25 of a cam plate 26.'. Saidicax'n plate 26, together with a bevelgear 2T, is mounted conoentrically of the already mentionedl tubular p'art `l'l`of lthe wheel-supporting plate` I6, said gear having a circumferentially recessed,A upwardly directed` hub 2.8 whichis looselytted into a circular hole provided for it inthe cam plate.. 26, said gear being fixed` to thetubular part I1. A nut 2'9 is shown secured around said tubular part underlying said gear, said nut, when tightened keeping the gear in place.

Said cam plate 25 is provided with a radial operating arm 3| which cooperates with an ar.. cuate ratchet toothed member 32 which spans the space between. two adjacent extensions IB of the wheel supporting plate I6 suitable conventional fastening means 33 being used to secure this toothed segment to said extensions. Said handle 3l is shown in an underlying relation to the arcuate toothed member 32,

A tool carrier is provided which includes a sleeve 35 secured in place upon the longitudinally grooved upper end of the post 8 by means of a manually operable set screw 36. Said sleeve 35 carries a radially extending tubular arm 31 which in turn has telescoped into its outer end a carrier arm 38 held in place by a set screw device 38a. Said arm 33 has mounted upon its The driven bevel gear 21 has already beenV mentioned, said gear surrounding-and being xed to the tubular part I1 of the turnable wheelsupporting plate I6. With said bevel gear meshes a driving bevel gear 45 contained within the table top depression 1 and xed to a shaft 46 which, in turn, has secured to it an operatingv crank 41, bearings 48 and 49 being provided for said shaft. This shaft may, if preferred, be motor driven instead of crank operated.

Preparatory to putting a vehicle Wheel into place upon the machine the workman will swing the arm 3l to the right (Fig, 3) thus radially expanding the wheel rim gripping hooks 2| so that the wheel rim may be laid in place between them upon theV plate I6. Then, while holding `the `wheel rim against rotation with one hand Yhe will swing Ythe arm 3| of the cam plate left- Ward, thustightening said hooks upon the rim of rthe wheel, this tightening action resulting from the tangential inclination of the three outcurved :cam slots 25 in relationfto the center of the cam plate.

After the -wheel rim has been mounted and `gripped in place, as aforesaid, the tire to be .applied thereto is looped over that side portion ,of the wheel adjacent to the rollers 39 and 40.

Thereupon, with the bead 50 of the tire in the relation to the two rollers shown best in Figs.

f2 and 4, the crank 41 is operated to rotate the ,vehicle wheel in the direction indicated by the arrow 5I in the left part of Fig. 2. This will cause the leading roller 39 to press the inner It will be seen that there is ample room within A.the hub 52 of the Wheel 53 for the post 8, and that the lower end of said hub rests in an even manner upon the supporting plate I6.

I claim: 1. In a machine of the kind described. a sup- 4 port, a post secured thereto and upstanding therefrom, means mounted upon said post in a surrounding relation thereto to support a vehicle wheel to rotate in a horizontal plane, a radially extending arm carried by said post above the place for mounting the vehicle wheel, and two rollers carried by said arm progressively to push 'outwardly and then laterally into place a pneumatic tire partly mounted upon the rim of said wheel, said rollers traveling circumferentially along the edge of the wheel rim and the bead of the tire, and a pin projecting axially from the outer end of said arm, said pin affording a bearing for one of said rollers around which said one roller rotates.

2. In a machine of the kind described, a support, a post secured thereto and upstanding therefrom, means mounted upon said post in a surrounding relation thereto to support a vehicle Wheel to rotate in a horizontal plane, a sleeve Vsurrounding said post abovethe place for mounting Vthe Vehicle wheel, said post having in ita longitudinal groove, a set screw carried by said l sleeve, said sleeve being vertically adjustable along said post and said set screw cooperating withthe bottomV of said groove to maintain the sleeve fixed to said post at any selected height within the range of its adjustment, a horizontal arm carried integrally by said sleeve, and means carried by said arm to push progressively outwardly and then laterally into place a pneumatic tire partly mounted upon the rim of said wheel, the latter means traveling circumferentially along the edge of the wheel rim and the bead `of the tire.

RAYMOND A. WEAVER.

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